If you still haven’t seen The Duplass Brothers‘ The Puffy Chair, you should netflix it now because it’s everything that is right with real independent filmmaking. And no, I’m not talking about multi-million dollay mini major movie studio funded independent filmmaking. I’m talking about a bunch of talented people who just go out and are able to make something out of nothing.
Jay and Mark Duplass returned to Sudnance this year with Baghead, a film about four actor friends who go off on a weekend trip to a cabin in the woods with plans of shooting a super low-budget independent film. But then a freaky guy with a bag on his head shows up…Â It’s part horror, part comedy, part lampoon of the mumblecore sub-genre which the Duplass Brothers helped bring into popularity. Check out the trailer below, and tell me what you think in the comments.
Baghead is scheduled to hit theaters starting on July 25th 2008.
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May 1st, 2008 at 1:06 pm
haha, that does look pretty good.
May 1st, 2008 at 1:39 pm
That looks great.
May 1st, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Saw the movie at SXSW. Excellent film, I highly recommend to anyone. I am not sure how they managed to make a film that fits in so many genres but at the same time stays away from the “Scary Movie” style.
May 1st, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Brilliant! I can’t wait to see it.
May 1st, 2008 at 2:12 pm
The Puffy Chair is also an instant play on netflix, so you don’t have to even waste time with the mail. It’s a great movie.
Baghead looks good.
May 1st, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Now THAT looks good. Def going to watch Puffy Chair…
May 1st, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Looks really cool! I’m looking forward to seeing it.
Now, time to look into Puffy Chair.
May 1st, 2008 at 3:17 pm
I love it when something totally unexpected hits me like this… so rare these days. I now have this on the list and will check out this Puffy Chair thing asap.
May 1st, 2008 at 3:49 pm
@ peter/guys
hey guys, what’s ‘mumblecore’? thanks, btw this movie looks great!
May 1st, 2008 at 4:25 pm
@ Orange Cinema
I was just going to ask that.
Also, it’s kinda funny that this is coming out as well as that movie with the couple that goes to a cabin and people wearing sacks on their heads come and terrorize them.
May 1st, 2008 at 4:29 pm
@ Orange Cinema
Did google break down or something? Look it up. There are tons of articles and explanations of it online.
May 1st, 2008 at 6:10 pm
@dan
I looked it up. From what I can gather, it’s another word for “independent movie”. How exciting.
May 1st, 2008 at 9:42 pm
This is what I love about movies. Taking a silly premise and building it into something awesome.
May 2nd, 2008 at 3:42 am
I think it looks great, something I will definitely see!